• Governor Gavin Newsom announced Friday that the state will be making moves to "reshape" PG&E, possibly as a publicly owned utility, before next fire season. He's appointing an "energy czar" and saying that if an adequate plan for PG&E's future doesn't come out of the bankruptcy courtroom "the state will prepare itself as backup for a scenario where we do that job." [New York Times]
  • Beto O'Rourke dropped out of the presidential race today. "I can tell you firsthand from having the chance to know the candidates, we will be well served by any one of them, and I’m going to be proud to support whoever that nominee is," he said. [NBC Bay Area]
  • The FBI has issued a broad warning about credit card skimming software ahead of the holidays. They suggest that many innocent websites may be stealing data from people via hackers. [ABC 7]
  • Steph Curry underwent surgery Friday on his broken left hand, and this means he's likely out for at least three or four months. [CBS SF]
  • There was a two-alarm fire at Geary and 27th Avenue today. [KRON 4]
  • PG&E workers and their families say they fear the public's anger. [Chronicle]
  • San Mateo police released body cam footage of an officer-involved shooting in September that injured two women who are suspected in a series of retail thefts. [CBS SF]
  • Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband pleaded not guilty to new, expanded charges in the college admissions fraud case today. [New York Times]